By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Virunga National Park — a Unesco World Heritage Site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Africa’s oldest national park — is home to the world’s last mountain gorillas. Director Orlando von Einsiedel presents the troubling and dangerous situation the park rangers face as they try to protect the endangered wildlife from poachers and militant rebels in Virunga, a Netflix documentary. Additionally, the film explores the environmental threat posed by the oil industry, particularly the oil exploration done by the British company Soco International. (In June, Soco International announced that they would cease operations.)
Though the filming of the documentary took place in 2011 and 2012, Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up with Netflix as an executive producer on the film, which was released simultaneously on Netflix and in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 7. He recently told The Hollywood Reporter that he wants to...
Managing Editor
Virunga National Park — a Unesco World Heritage Site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Africa’s oldest national park — is home to the world’s last mountain gorillas. Director Orlando von Einsiedel presents the troubling and dangerous situation the park rangers face as they try to protect the endangered wildlife from poachers and militant rebels in Virunga, a Netflix documentary. Additionally, the film explores the environmental threat posed by the oil industry, particularly the oil exploration done by the British company Soco International. (In June, Soco International announced that they would cease operations.)
Though the filming of the documentary took place in 2011 and 2012, Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up with Netflix as an executive producer on the film, which was released simultaneously on Netflix and in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 7. He recently told The Hollywood Reporter that he wants to...
- 11/28/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will present “Oscar’s Docs, 1955–2002: American Stories” from February 2 through February 14 at MoMA in New York City. This annual collaboration highlights Oscar®–winning and nominated short and feature-length documentary films that explore the history, culture and politics of the United States. All prints are from the Academy Film Archive’s collection. The filmmakers will be present at several screenings (visit MoMA.org for details).
The schedule is as follows:
Sat., Feb. 2, 2 p.m.
American Dream (1990)
Barbara Kopple. This stirring film depicts the effects of a mid-1980s strike by the workers of a Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota. 98 min.
Sat., Feb. 2, 8 p.m.
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994)
Freida Lee Mock. A profile of Maya Lin, the young artist who created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and other politically motivated artistic creations.
The schedule is as follows:
Sat., Feb. 2, 2 p.m.
American Dream (1990)
Barbara Kopple. This stirring film depicts the effects of a mid-1980s strike by the workers of a Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota. 98 min.
Sat., Feb. 2, 8 p.m.
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994)
Freida Lee Mock. A profile of Maya Lin, the young artist who created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and other politically motivated artistic creations.
- 1/29/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It was a sight that no one expected to see, musician Sean Coombs – aka P Diddy or Puff Daddy, depending on what generation one is from – on stage at the Academy Awards to pick up an Oscar for the documentary Undefeated. The surprise was that a sports film had taken home the top documentary prize. The American Academy has a patchy record when it comes to awarding gongs to documentaries about sports. The only two previous sporting winners were The Horse With the Flying Tail in 1960, about a palomino horse that won an equestrian team gold medal, and When We Were Kings, Leon Gast's fascinating 1996 documentary about the events surrounding the "Rumble in the Jungle".
- 3/23/2012
- The Independent - Film
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